As I held this 7" high-definition communication marvel with dual-speaker Dolby sound and a multicore processor, I thought of the endless possibilities that await me. Information at my beck and call. Communication at a snap. I'd browse until I was blue.

Just as soon I could find the switch that would turn the darn thing on.

I stared at my e-reader.

Life would be so easy now.

I decided to download the newspaper and read it on my Kindle. Walk around the house with it. No longer tethered to that bulky, burdensome paper with all that messy ink.

Only it did seem silly to fiddle with downloading when I could just pick up the paper and read it right away.

After that, I'd have plenty of time to explore the world with my 7-inch high-definition communication marvel with dual-speaker Dolby sound and multicore processor.

I'll download music.

It says I can choose from more than 20 million songs by thousands of artists. I buy it from Amazon, but can save it to the cloud for free. OK.

So, do I need an app or a cloud? Where do I get the app? Where do I get a cloud? How do I know it's the right app? Do I buy the app? Do I need to reserve a cloud? Am I going to need my wallet?

Then I looked over at my radio. I turned it on. No apps. No clouds. Just channels. Music. News. Sports. Entertainment. Go figure.

Another perk of owning a Kindle is having access to a vast array of literature.

I can borrow from more than 180,000 titles via the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. For free. Now this is something I can really use.

Reminds me of that big building in my town that also has thousands of books that I can borrow for free. I wonder if I'll visit the Kindle Owners' Lending Library as infrequently as I do the Daniel Pierce Library in Grahamsville. Think I'll first try to tackle the stack of books next to my bed that I've been meaning to read for the past two years.

Of course, I can skip reading altogether and use my new 7-inch high-definition communication marvel with dual-speaker Dolby sound and multicore processor to play the finest in HD games: "Angry Birds Space," "Where's My Perry?" "Fibble" and "Skylanders Cloud Patrol."

If I can only figure out how to turn the darn thing on.

blewis@th-record.com

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